3.1 General remarks

3.2 Declaration of priority

3.3 Certified copy of the previous application (priority document)

3.4 Translation of the previous application

3.5 Withdrawal of priority claims

See ISPE Guidelines 6.07 to ISPE Guidelines 6.09.

A disclaimer which is allowable under Art. 34(2)(b) (see GL/PCT‑EPO H‑III, 4.1 and GL/PCT‑EPO H‑III, 4.2) does not change the identity of the

2.1 Examining the validity of a right to priority

2.2 The same invention

2.3 Priority claim not valid

See ISPE Guidelines 6.04.[Art. 8(2)(a); ]

Examples of applications that cannot be recognised as a "first application" are:

When an international application claims the right of priority of the date of filing of an earlier application, the priority date (i.e. the filing date of the earlier application) will be used to calculate certain time limits.[Art. 2(xi); ]

The priority claim must refer to an earlier application.